...open Photo with external program

[U.Ke.]

Hi all, 

I am using "Faststone Image Viewer" as my Viewer and as kind of Catalog for all my photos. 

When you open a Photo in Faststone-IV you got the option to open the current photo for editing with an external Program.

Where can I find Affinity 2 to choose. It's not there, nowhere to find 😒

 

thank you and cheers

Ulli

 

 

 

 

[Hilltop]

Are you on Windows and did you install Photo with the .msix installer? If so, third party apps can't access Affinity Photo. Take a look here to switch to the traditional .msi installation: 

 

[Patrick Connor]

Or try the Application Alias AffinityPhoto2.exe that you get with the MSIX install as described here, that work for many applications 

[Patrick Connor]

6 minutes ago, Hilltop said:

third party apps can't access Affinity Photo.

Perhaps not directly as it's sandboxed but the application alias is simple to use and does work for many

[Hilltop]

Just now, Patrick Connor said:

Perhaps not directly as it's sandboxed but the application alias is simple to use and does work for many

Okay, I learned something new!

[Patrick Connor]

It's a strange shortcut technology made by Microsoft that results in a zero byte exe. Consequently some applications choke on the fact it has no size (even though it will run the application), so some users have found that it works and others say their DAM apps won't run/see the alias (which is kind of their bug). The unsandboxed version avoids this shortcoming and so many are using it with DAMs

[Hilltop]

Interesting. So, if the OP has the Windows/.msix setup, your advice is to try the application alias and if that doesn't work, to install the .msi version. Right?

[walt.farrell]

Another alternative to using the MSI: in many cases you could instead create a .bat file that invokes the AffinityPhoto2.exe application alias.

[Patrick Connor]

2 hours ago, Hilltop said:

Interesting. So, if the OP has the Windows/.msix setup, your advice is to try the application alias and if that doesn't work, to install the .msi version. Right?

Yes, that's my advice. Walt's additional step also works for all, but requires a bit of batch file understanding 

[U.Ke.]

thank you mates, 

I will try to install the .msi version. I didn`t like this "msix" stuff anyway.

 

cheers and thanks

U.Ke.

PS: do I have to deregister from my notebook first, or can I reinstall without any glitches ?

 

[walt.farrell]

2 minutes ago, U.Ke. said:

PS: do I have to deregister from my notebook first, or can I reinstall without any glitches ?

No, you don't need to deregister.

However, it's best to uninstall the MSIX version before installing the EXE/MSI version.

[U.Ke.]

thank you guys..

MSIX deinstalled, MSI installed ... I am so happy .. no more awkward shortcut setting and no more disability sending files from other applications into Affinity. 

Yes, I am a Windows user from the beginning and I am used to oldschool installations, besides that, I do not have any other msix installations as of yet. ... and I dont want any 

 

thanks again and cheers

U.Ke.